jay-hawkv.
/ˈdʒeɪhɔːk/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪˌhɔk/, /ˈdʒeɪˌhɑk/ U.S.
transitive. To harry as a jay-hawker; to ‘raid’.
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society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > invade [verb (transitive)] > overrun or harry
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jay-hawk1866
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)] > carry off as loot or plunder
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to walk off with1727
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1866 Standard 27 Oct. 3/2 A war of neighbourhoods..of lynchings and jay-hawkings, of rapine and outrage without parallel.
1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 381/2 Every man suddenly discovering that somebody has jayhawked his boots or his blanket.
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